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The backlash against remote work is in full swing, with 90% of CEOs reportedly rewarding in-office workers with more promotions and raises. But to Scott Farquhar, co-CEO of Atlassian, that’s a big mistake — and in a just-released study, he’s got hard numbers to back him up. Scott talks with Rapid Response host Bob Safian about how the 10,000-person collaboration-software company — Australia’s premier tech startup — is defying the trend with a bold gambit called Team Anywhere. Adhering to an Atlassian core value (“no bullshit”), Scott shares insights about work flexibility, productivity, and the unexpected power of sporadic, but intentional gatherings. To prepare for the future of work, he says, business leaders need to take risks.

If you're interested in learning more from Atlassian and Scott be sure to check out "Lessons Learned," a report about how Atlassian has navigated distributed work at scale, including experiments they've run, data they've collected, and stories Atlassian employees have shared: https://www.atlassian.com/solutions/distributed/lessons-learned

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In the five years since Scott Harrison’s first appearance on Masters of Scale with Reid Hoffman, the nonprofit organization he founded, charity: water, has scaled 5 times over. In this episode, he and host Bob Safian reflect on that journey by revisiting some of the stories and lessons from his original episode, and Scott shares new lessons of scale he's learned since.

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Hello, boys and girls, ladies and germs. This is Tim Ferriss. Welcome to another episode of The Tim Ferriss Show, where it is usually my job to sit down with world-class performers of all different types to tease out the habits, routines, favorite books, and so on that you can apply and test in your own life. 

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In this episode, I answer questions on resurrecting “forgotten” languages, dog training, writer’s block, reducing alcohol intake, AI companions, training the “good enough” muscle, low-back pain, the importance of weight training and muscle mass, travel recommendations for Japan, managing fear of death and the descent to death, breaking negative self-talk, and much, much more. 

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In this episode, award-winning Harvard-educated journalist and researcher Jenny Wallace is here to discuss “toxic achievement” and the toxic pressure that makes you feel that no matter what you do or what level of success you achieve, it will never be enough.

You feel toxic pressure at work, and you feel toxic pressure at home. Jenny Wallace, who just completed a major research study with over 6,000 kids and their parents, is here to tell you this unhealthy pressure is trickling down to your kids, who are buckling under the never-ending demands to measure up.

Whether you are sick of spending every weekend racing from one sporting event or club team practice to another, or you are tired of the never-ending video calls that keep you working day and night, one thing is clear: something has to give.

Your worth is not determined by the things you achieve.

Jenny Wallace is here with the research and the findings that say all this pressure is backfiring because all anyone really wants is to feel like they matter.

According to her research, there are seven changes you can make that will boost your kids’ confidence and resilience and get you off this hamster wheel that is leading nowhere.

If you struggle with work-life balance and feel burned out, the research will empower you to:

• Learn the one question to ask your kid that shows you love them.
• Stop working yourself into the ground to prove your worth.
• Why you are your harshest critic and the simple things you need to do to become your biggest fan.
• Snip the tie between achievement and self-worth.
• Unplug yourself from the stress loop of other people and never get rattled again.
• The 3 things you can do to show people you love that they matter to you.
• Stop beating yourself up for not having the perfect home or getting A’s on every test, and prioritize what really matters instead.

I want you to get off the hamster wheel and stop being obsessed with achieving, having, and winning.

You hold the key to helping yourself and others feel like they matter in this world.

It’s time to unlock it.

Xo, Mel

In this episode:

• 1:00: Not gonna lie; I started freaking out big time after this conversation.
• 5:30: What exactly is grind culture?
• 7:40: The opposite of toxic achievement is healthy achievement.
• 8:30: How did we get sucked into this way of thinking?
• 10:00: Harvard survey learned powerful information about parents.
• 14:00: Students who felt this were more likely to be healthy achievers.
• 17:25: What is social proof and why is that such a big deal?
• 18:40: Kids who feel they don’t matter will find ways to prove they do.
• 20:00: Do this when you don’t feel like you matter.
• 23:10: The one question you can ask to let your kids know they matter.
• 25:30: 80% of workers have not heard this from their bosses last year.
• 27:10: Many people don’t express their gratitude for others because of this.
• 28:00: Here is what to say to your kid when they get a bad grade.
• 28:30: A mantra to play on repeat with your family.
• 30:30: Why good enough is perfect.
• 32:00: The #1 intervention for any kid, and adult, in distress.
• 33:30: An incredible study of mothers who met to share their struggles.
• 37:30: How do we parents erode our kids’ self-confidence?
• 39:00: Keep this phrase in your head to let your kids know they matter.
• 40:40: How are household chores helpful for kids?
• 42:00: Say this to your kids to get them to do their chores.
• 46:00: Jennifer stopped doing this with her kids after reading the research.
• 48:20: Focus on these values at home instead.
• 49:05: Forget the grades and focus on what teachers say about your kids.
• 50:00: The one question to ask teachers at your next conference.
• 51:00: We all have a responsibility to do this and it will come back to us.

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Today's episode of the GaryVee Audio Experience is an awesome interview I did with lifelong journalist, CEO of Fortune Media and author of Tomorrow's Capitalist: My Search for the Soul of Business, Alan Murray! We discuss Alan’s new book, his beginnings as a journalist for the Wall Street Journal, the challenges people go through to better themselves, how to build the biggest empire while keeping an emotional framework, how a recession impacts talented individuals and much more!

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Despite the fact that so many people profess to dislike making small talk, it turns out that talking to strangers and acquaintances can actually strengthen our mental health and enrich our lives. What do we gain from meeting new people? What have we been missing out on this past year as COVID-19 has restricted these social interactions? And how can we become better at talking to strangers? We discuss these questions with Gillian Sandstrom, PhD, a senior lecturer in psychology at the University of Essex who studies what she calls “minimal social interactions,” and Jon Levy, a consultant, writer and speaker who founded “the Influencers Dinner,” a regular gathering that brings together strangers who are leaders in their fields.

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This episode of our series, “Monday Marketing Takes” featuring an assortment of essential marketing tips, key insights, as well as interviews with some of the key players from around the world in marketing. Today we feature an interview that I did with the Uber VP of Global Marketing, Thomas Ranese. We discuss our takes on the current marketing landscape as well as tips for building strong business infrastructure. Enjoy! Let me know what you thought.

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